A Chinese Canton enamel bowl and saucer finely painted with lotus scrolls on a ruby-red ground and some golden highlights. The underside of the quatrefoil shaped dish with two coiled dragons. Condition: some stress hairlines, the base of the dish with a small flake. Fine - regarding the age and delicacy of the material. Please consult the photos, they make part of the condition report. Dimension approx.: bowl: diameter: 11.2 cm, height: 6.3 cm, dish: 15.3 cm long x 10.5 cm wide x 2.4 cm high.
This exceptional bracelet was designed & signed circa 1940's by American & Taxco, Mexico artist William Spratling. The interior of the cuff measures 5 7/8" end to end with a 1 1/8" opening at the back. It stands 1" high & weighs 95 grams. Both stones & silver are in beautiful condition. This strong design was included in the museum exhibit WILLIAM SPRATLING AND THE MEXICAN SILVER RENAISSANCE & is pictured on p.233 of the museum catalog by Penny Morrill...
Seated in bhumisparsa mudra, on a gilded hardwood pedestal. H. 30 cm.
Very good condition with expectec age wear and a very nice patina.
Amazing and rare to find all original French Bebe by Emile Jumeau which was produced only over two years circa 1878 / 80 ,
has a special gorgeous and very gentle face with splendid enamel threaded blue eyes and light-coloured bisque from best quality of the early Bebe´s by Maison Jumeau !!
Has rare engraved DEPOSE mark and very beautiful face expression with excellent painting of an early Bebe by Jumeau.
Original body and with her superb clothing is she ready to display a...
Offered is a choice, 19th century, physician's, Homeopathic Medicine Case, a nearly complete example containing 147 of the original 150 corked vials!
Each vial measures approximately 1.5 inches in length including the cork. The vials are nestled in the leather case, and each vial sports a small paper label. The fitted case measures 10.5" long x 2" wide x 3.5" high and shows wear commensurate with age and use...
This pair of elegant estate 14Kt yellow gold and diamond dogwood earrings are from the 1960-s. The center of each earring is set with three brilliant cut diamonds. The approximate total weight of all diamonds is 0.12Ct. The 15 millimeter diameter earrings have a post and omega back combination.
Offered is an absolutely wonderful example of a New York City physician's traveling medicine case from the early 1900s. This choice case is embossed on the inside flap "FRANK CLYDE LEAVITT, MD - 714 WEST 181 ST., - NEW YORK CITY".
The case contains a total of 53 medicines, all of which are empty. Two of the vials are rather scarce Parke Davis examples: #359, CHORODYNE containing INDIAN CANNABIS and MORPHINE HYDROCHLORIDE, and a second vial labeled #454 NEURALGIC INDIAN CANNABIS...
From a rich house in France comes this very rare to find and all original condition French poupee chair by Maison Huret ,
a special rare piece for your Huret collection !!!
From France by Huret circa 1860 / 65 and very beautiful salon chair of classic Huret design twisted metal framework
with original gilded finish .
An arched back armchair has original and very beautiful cream silk upholstery over wooden seat frame.
The underside of the seat is stamped in gre...
Beautiful gentle expression 19 " ( 49 cm ) all original bisque poupee by Jumeau from Portrait doll period
around 1870 , all perfect condition and with splendid eyes , lovely pale bisque and painting......
Chinese Qing dynasty natural root form scholar’s bitong, or brushpot. 7 1/2” high. The base measures about 6” diameter at the longest part. The rim is about 4 5/8” across at the widest part. Late 19th to early 20th century. Very good overall condition. There is a short crack at the inner rim that extends to the interior of one thin concave area on the exterior. This piece is from the private collection of former American expatriates to Hong Kong in the 1970s and 1980s.
Fine Chinese Tang Dynasty Horse & "Fat Man" Rider with Oxford TL Test
This fine pottery model of a horse and rider was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). Sitting on the horse is a male courtier, often referred to as a "fat man", the male equivalent of the "fat lady"; note the clothing and hairstyle. It is made from a relatively high-fired buff-coloured pottery that has been "cold painted" in various coloured pigments.
Height 31 cm...
This 14 Kt yellow gold period ring is set with a gorgeous 16 X 12 millimeter oval faceted Madeira topaz (a/k/a citrine). The stone is prong set, in a basket type setting. The ring is a size 5 ¼ and can easily be sized.
This 14Kt white gold estate ring is centered by 2.09Ct (7.5 X 6.5 millimeter) cushion cut tanzanite. The center stone is encircled by six brilliant cut diamonds, and eight tapered diamond banquettes. The approximate total weight of all diamonds is 0.75Ct. The ring is a size 5 ¼ and can easily be sized.
Pair of Chinese early Republic period baluster form porcelain vases covered overall in a flambé transmutation style glaze (referred to as "san yang kai tai") of oxblood red and green that darkens to nearly black. The glaze drips down into the flared mouth and stops short of the unglazed base. 8 3/4" to just under 9” high each. Early 20th century. Very good overall condition...
Very nice all original Doll Salon chair with original pale blue silk tufted upholstery , having wooden frame with fancily carved chair legs...
An Ellis Bros. gold filled fancy pocket watch with a 15J Cyma 777 four adjustment movement from the 1920s. This 1-3/4" open face man's pocket watch features a hand engraved gold plated face with a single sunk second hand dial and purple finished metal hands. Ellis Brothers was taken over by Birks in the late 1920s and this watch has an Ellis branded Swiss Cyma 777 15 jewel movement with four adjustments. The works are 34mm. across, size 4 or 15 ligne...
Very beautiful all perfect 29" ( 74 cm ) French bisque Bebe by Gaultier ... size 11 .... with beautiful childlike face expression with rare modeled tongue , original body and lovely antique costume.
One of the most beautiful large Bebe´s by Gaultier .... from France circa 1885 ......
Here is a set composed of cuff links made from 2 large oval (3/4” x 1/2”) peacock glass cabs set in textured circles of gold-toned metal measuring just under 1” across, and a tie tack made from a smaller cab (3/8” x 1/4”), also set in gold-toned metal. The set was probably made in the 1950s or ‘60s, although the peacock glass itself is probably from the early 20th C. Unmarked and in excellent condition...